Preview of My Friend Flicka Summary:

My Friend Flicka is more than a great horse story. It shows the struggles of a dreamer as he enters the hard world that others live in and begins to accept responsibility. Readers of any age can appreciate the struggles of Ken, the scatterbrained son of a demanding father, as he spends a summer trying to prove himself.

The other characters are unusually well-rounded. Howard, the smug older brother, makes a satisfactory antagonist...